Umbrella organization for Hungarian public service media

MTVA

Since its foundation in 2011, MTVA has unified and streamlined all content production and asset management activities for the entire Hungarian public service media, thus becoming the largest media service organization in Hungary.

MTVA - in co-operation with Duna Media Service Non-Profit Ltd.

MTVA

Whilst producing content for television, radio, online platforms and news agencies, MTVA also manages all assets on behalf of the Hungarian public service broadcaster Duna Media Service Non-Profit Ltd. MTVA also provides support with content production and acquisition. MTVA operates 6 television channels, 9 radio stations, a news agency (MTI) and numerous new media outlets.

National and local identity

MTVA

MTVA successfully combines a national and a local identity via extensive programming cooperation with media partners around the Carpathian Basin

Broadcasting reach

MTVA

MTVA provides approximately 40,000 hours of television, as well as 52,000 hours of radio programming each year. Programmes are also transmitted beyond Hungary - to Europe, the American continent and Australia. MTVA’s content is broadcast daily into an estimated 99% of Hungarian homes

Deutsche Welle (DW)

MTVA presents ‘Stories from around the world’ (’Történetek a Nagyvilágból’) and ‘Through European Eyes’ (’Európai szemmel’). ‘Stories from around the world’ is a documentary series produced by Germany’s international broadcast channel, Deutsche Welle. The series presents exciting people and stories, as well as a global selection of civil initiations from Japan to Mexico. Berlin-based DW, broadcasts content drawn from 30 countries including Hungary. ‘Through European Eyes’ is a selection of the programmes, also produced by Deutsche Welle, leading with interesting topics relating to culture, lifestyle and science.

Kvartett

Kvartett is a magazine programme produced with the cooperation of the Visegrad Four regional studios of Ostrava, Brno, Rzeszów, Krakow, Kosice Banská Bystrica and the production base of MTVA in Szeged. The productions focus on subjects such as family, culture, arts and science.

Chinese cooperations

In September 2012, a 4-member TV crew from MTVA spent 17 days in China, in order to prepare an exciting and ambitious travel series, focusing on the Provinces of China. This series was produced in cooperation with the Chinese Office of Tourism in Zurich and the Hungarian Chinese Cultural Foundation (GASU International Ltd). This cooperation continues into 2014 and will include visits to further Chinese provinces.

Alps, Danube and Adriatic international television magazine

Started in 1982 as an Austrian initiative, MTV has been a member since 1984. Later on, MTVA took over the Hungarian reins from its predecessor. The TV programme is a compilation of reports deriving from the member organization and is broadcast twice a month. The international editorial group meets four times a year and decides jointly on the content and the structure of the next editions to be broadcast in all participating countries. The member states include Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and Hungary.

Intermag

MTVA is also present in the international association of European news and current affairs magazines which exchanges items and programmes between its members free of charge. The Hungarian membership magazine is called ‘Map’ (Térkép).

The PrestoCentre Foundation

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